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Source: PayPal is pausing work on its stablecoin as regulators increase their scrutiny of cryptocurrencies and its key partner Paxos faces a probe in New York — PayPal Holdings Inc. is pausing work on its stablecoin as regulators increase scrutiny of cryptocurrencies and a key partner …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta has delayed finalizing multiple teams' budgets while it prepares a fresh round of job cuts, slowing down projects even in priority areas — Mark Zuckerberg's aim of wrestling costs in his ‘year of efficiency’ causes disruption at the social media company| Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: |
Source: Microsoft shut its Industrial Metaverse Core team, formed in October 2022 to build tools for industrial settings, and laid off the team's ~100 employees — In a surprising reversal, Microsoft has killed a team it formed four months ago to help customers use the metaverse in industrial settings …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft cuts jobs in its Surface, HoloLens, and Xbox units; heavy cuts to the HoloLens hardware team raise questions about the third goggles version — Microsoft Corp., implementing the layoff of 10,000 workers announced last month, on Thursday cut jobs in units including Surface devices … | Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
The City of Oakland confirms reports of a ransomware attack on its networks but says 911, financial data, and fire and emergency resources were not impacted — The City of Oakland confirmed reports that its networks had been hit with ransomware after rumors emerged online that several agencies …
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| Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters: |
An advertising joint venture by Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone to rival Meta and Google wins unconditional EU antitrust approval — Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and Vodafone (VOD.L) on Friday secured unconditional EU antitrust approval …
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European Commission. Tweets: @astaniscia86, @wolfiechristl, @montezumachavez, and @robertjbateman
| John Herrman / New York Magazine: |
How Rumble, which claims to have 71M MAUs, became the only success story in right-wing social media, by letting creators who are banned elsewhere monetize video — For a moment, the right's longtime dream of an alternative social media seemed within reach.
Tweets: @ben_kew, @ggreenwald, and @jwherrman
| Benedict Evans: |
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Mercury Research: x86 CPU shipments from Intel, AMD, and others fell 34% YoY and 19% QoQ in Q4, the biggest drops in 30 years; 374M units were shipped in 2022 — Low demand and excess inventory cause a huge decline in x86 CPU shipments for Q4, according to Mercury Research.| David Adeleke / Rest of World: |
Lagos-based Jumia, once hailed as the “Amazon of Africa”, has seen its stock drop ~70% since its 2019 IPO amid stalling customer growth and mounting losses — Its stock has fallen 70% since its IPO as growth stalls and operating losses mount. — • ABUJA, NIGERIA
Tweets: @ulonnaya, @restofworld, @eajene, and @naijaflyingdr
| Saksha Menezes / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Apple's 2020-2022 revenue per new hire was $2.51M, up from $1.17M during 2017-2019, and above Meta's $0.79M, Microsoft's $1.06M, and other peers — There's a reason why Apple Inc. is under less pressure than tech peers to slash jobs during the current slowdown: It hired more efficiently in the first place.
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Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, Patently Apple, and The Information. Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
A look at the newly launched Bitcoin mixer Sinbad.io, which appears to have become the preferred outlet for North Korean hackers to launder stolen crypto — The world's most prolific crypto thieves have used Sinbad.io to launder tens of millions. Its creator, “Mehdi,” answers WIRED's questions.
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